French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Wednesday on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels to find ways to restart negotiations in the "Normandy format," Macron's office has said.

"The three leaders reaffirmed their commitment to this format of negotiations in order to find a lasting solution for the conflict and to preserve Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," his office added.